Holland

Also known as County of Holland, Holland, Netherlands, Province of Holland

Holland is a geographical region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th century, Holland proper was a unified political region within the Holy Roman Empire as a county ruled by the counts of Holland. By the 17th century, the province of Holland had risen to become a maritime and economic power, dominating the other provinces of the newly independent Dutch Republic.

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Holland is a region on the western coast of the Netherlands that was historically a county within the Holy Roman Empire from the 10th to 16th centuries. By the 17th century, it had become the dominant maritime and economic power of the independent Dutch Republic, which made it a major force in European history during that period.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Holland
Settlement.image_map: Holland position.svg
Settlement.map_caption: North and South Holland (in orange) shown together within the Netherlands
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Netherlands
Settlement.parts_type: Largest settlements
Settlement.p1: Amsterdam (pop. 862,965)
Settlement.p2: Rotterdam (pop. 644,618)
Settlement.p3: The Hague (pop. 537,833)
Settlement.p4: Haarlem (pop. 161,265)
Settlement.p5: Zoetermeer (pop. 124,944)
Settlement.p6: Leiden (pop. 124,899)
Settlement.p7: Dordrecht (pop. 118,654)
Settlement.p8: Alkmaar (pop. 108,558)
Settlement.p9: Delft (pop. 103,163)
Settlement.p10: Alphen aan den Rijn (pop. 110,986)
Settlement.area_total_km2: 7511
Settlement.area_land_km2: 5476

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections

Contents

Etymology and terminology
History
County of Holland
Dutch Republic
Under French rule
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Geography
Reclamation of the land
Culture
Languages
Legacy
New Holland
As contemporary exonym for the Netherlands
References

The area of the former County of Holland roughly coincides with the two current Dutch provinces of North Holland and South Holland into which it was divided, and which together include the Netherlands' three largest cities: the capital city (Amsterdam), the home of Europe's largest port (Rotterdam), and the seat of government (The Hague). Holland has a population of 6,583,534 as of November 2019, and a population density of 1203/km2.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Holland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.